Sing for me (Razor x Coral)
Requested by Sonic Girl
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Razor woke with a start. As usual, it took a few seconds before his mind returned to the present, and pictures from his nightmare flashed before him. He tried to think of happier times, but as usual, it didn't work, and restlessly he got up…
He went to the shrine. The chao were all sleeping, but he could hear Coral playing a melody back in the temple. Quietly Razor went up to the building, and slipped inside. He tapped lightly on the wall to alert her of his presence, and she looked up from her playing.
"…Was it that nightmare?"
Razor just nodded, grateful that he didn't have to explain it.
"I'm sorry." Coral murmured, and looked away. Her orange skin seemed to glow almost eerily in the dim light, and now Razor had to look away.
"…Could you sing a little?" He murmured. Gosh, what a silly request, he wished he hadn't said that…
"Sure," Coral said almost happily, ending his inner monologue. She was silent for a moment, probably pondering which melody she should pick. And then slowly she began, barely more than a whisper at first, to sing a lullaby… And if something silly comes to mind with the word 'lullaby', then let me tell you how wrong you are.
Coral could sing like no one else, and she could make even the silliest, dumbest thing into something beautiful…
…After a few minutes, Razor realised that he hadn't thought of his past at all while inside the temple. And that he also had looked at almost nothing but Coral, who had her eyes closed as she sang…
"…Thanks." He didn't want to interrupt, so he said it really quietly.
Coral opened her purple eyes to look at him, and then nodded at him. She let the last few sentences of the song make their way out into the underwater-night, and as it ended Razor thanked her again. She just smiled, and took up her flute again. And as the protector of the shrine then left, she waved at him quietly…
